Leeds boss Bielsa: I'm to blame if Bamford not reaching potential | OneFootball

Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa blames himself for Patrick Bamford not yet reaching his potential.

Bielsa discussed Bamford today ahead of their clash with Bamford.

He said, "Bamford has qualities like the best strikers in the Premier League, but the qualities in football, they are just the starting point. After what is put in place, the capacity to put your qualities in play and a collective play that allows the quality of this player to shine.

"All of this is linked to the decision and their efficiency. It's to have a disposition at the right moment in the high percentage of the qualities to find it. Bamford is a very, very dedicated professional.

"He is a player who analyses the best goalscorers in the world in detail, in the English league, in the German league, in the French league, the best ones. But the process to be able to put on show all the qualities that a player has is what determines the dimensions of a player.

"There's players who have very few resources, qualities, but put them on show to their maximum and there are players who have a lot more qualities or resources and they put them on less times, 50 per cent of the time. That proportion, there's cases where those who less resources or qualities put them more on show than those who more qualities but show less of them.

"What I have clear is Bamford has all the resources to be a very important player and that he hasn't managed to achieve it. Why hasn't he achieved it? I feel more responsible than him that he hasn't reached his offensive production efficiency."